Privacy Policy

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION

Allegro does not require you to provide personal information to use this website. However, Allegro requests that you provide personal information in some cases. For example, you may be asked to provide personal information to purchase Allegro products, or to receive information, software, tools, or other materials from Allegro. You always have the choice to decline to provide the information and not receive the services or materials from Allegro.

UPDATING OR REMOVING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you wish to update the personal information you have provided to Allegro, you can re-enter it at the relevant prompt. If you wish to have your personal information removed from the website’s database, please contact Allegro at webmaster@allegromicro.com.

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION SHARING

Allegro shares your personal information with authorized third parties to fulfill legitimate business purposes intended to serve you, such as shipping products or materials requested by you. Allegro also uses Google Analytics for website traffic analysis. For more information on Google's Privacy Policies, visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. Allegro does not share, rent, or sell your personal information to any other third parties.

PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Allegro protects your personal information using three methods. First, Allegro limits access to the servers that store your information to Allegro employees and third parties with a need to know the information. Second, Allegro uses commercially available security measures to prevent unauthorized access to its servers. Third, Allegro establishes a secure connection to your browser when you purchase Allegro products through our website. Allegro does not use credit card information for any purpose other than to process payment for sales, and does not provide your credit card information to anyone other than the credit card processor.

BROWSER COOKIES

A cookie is a small text file stored in a browser on a computer's hard drive. The cookie retains certain information to help the website recognize the user’s device the next time that user visits the website. Allegro uses browser cookies to learn how its website is used, which allows it to analyze and improve the website’s performance, navigation, and ease of use.

Cookies serves a number of functions. They can be used to remember a username and preferences, analyze how well the website is performing, or even allow the website to recommend relevant content. Certain cookies contain personal information – for example, clicking “remember me” at log-in allows a cookie to store the username. Most cookies do not collect information that is personally identifiable, beyond that which may be contained in the username, and will instead collect more general information, such as how users arrive at and use our websites, or a user’s general location.

In general cookies perform up to three different functions:

Essential cookies are those required for the operation of the website. For example, some cookies allow Allegro to identify registered users and ensure access to certain pages only to those registered users. If a user opts to disable these cookies, the user will not be able to access all of the content on the website.

Performance cookies are used to analyze how visitors use the website and to monitor website performance. This allows Allegro to provide a high quality experience by customizing the offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues. These cookies are used to track the most popular pages, the most effective methods of linking pages, and why a page may provide an error message.

Functionality cookies allow Allegro to recall user preferences, such as the username and website customization preferences.

It is possible to disable cookies, however, this may reduce functionality of the website and certain sections of the website may not work properly. The following links provide additional information on disabling cookies in common browsers:

Links on this website to third party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this website. Allegro is not responsible for their content or their policies. If you decide to access any of these third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

Allegro reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time, but will post any such changes on this website.